566 REVISION OF AUSTRALIAN LEPIDOPTERA, V., 



2. Wings with numerous discal spots edged with pale 



ochieous 3. 



Only one discal spot in each wing, not edged with pale 

 ochreous .„ 4. 



3. Head with dark red transverse line, costal edge of cell f 2. kesaria. 

 Head without dark red line, costal edge of cell h 3. nereidaria. 



4. Discal spot of hindwings large, with leaden-metallic 



scales ^ 4. leucomeirita. 



Discal spot of hindwings small, without leaden-metallic 



scales 5. h aplophanes^ 



5. Wings edged with white 6. chlorargyra. 



Wings interruptedly edged with fuscous-red 7. eucraspeda. 



2. COMOSTOLA LiESARIA. 



lodis Icesarla Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxii. p.544; Eucrostis 

 perlepidaria Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxxv. p.1610; Comibcena 

 macidata Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 638; Coinostola 

 perlepidaria Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales 1887, p. 869. 



Frons green, with a narrow transverse dark red line anteriorly 

 fillet broadly white. Palpi in ^ 2, terminal joint i^; in J 3| 

 terminal joint §. Forewings with costal edge of cell | dorsal; 

 veins 3 and 4 stalked or connate, 11 stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10 

 beyond 6; two fuscous costal dots representing origin of first and 

 second lines; second line represented by a well-developed series 

 of spots. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked. Posterior tibiae of 



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^ dilated, with tuft of hairs, shortened terminal spurs, and v'ery 

 short stout terminal process. 



N.A.: Port Darwin, 9, 10— Q.: Brisbane, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12; 

 Southport. Also from Ceylon and India. 



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3. CoMOSTOLA NEREIDARIA. 



Comostola nereidaria Snel. ; Gomostola jiavicincta Warr., Nov, 

 Zool. 1896, p,288. 



Frons narrowly green posteriorly, anteriorly yellow-ochreous, 

 which colour is suffused over fillet, either wdiolly or leaving its 

 anterior edge white. Palpi in ^ If, terminal joint J; in 2 2^, 

 terminal joint f. C. meritaria, Wlk., which is very similar, 

 differs in neuration. Forewings with costal edge of cell ^ 



